Adjustable tongue hound



F.1J.DULTME1ER. ADJUSTABLE TOJGUIE HOUND. APPLICAUON man 1AN.,3.1921.

1,404,590, l Y Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

f y, .f- /3 @033 4ceived the queen FRANK J. DULTMEIER, OF OMAHA,NEBRASKA.

ADJUSTABLE TONGUE HOUND.

Application led January 3, 1921.

To all whomV t may concern Be it known that I, FRANK J. DULTMEIER, acitizen ot the United States, and resident of Gmaha. in the county ofDouglas and State ot Nebraska, have invented a certai neuT and useful.Adjustable Tongue Hound, of which the following is a specification.

The objecto'i' my invention is to provide an adjustable tongue hound ofsimple, durable and inexpensive construction.

A further obj ect is to provide an adjustable tongue. hound which iscomposed of coniparatively few partsand so designed that the entiredevice maybe .installed in position vithout the removal 'of the queenbolt from the permanent hound device. y

Another Vobject is to provide in such 'a device a tongue, the rear endof which is oi lesser thickness that the forward end, so that when theentire hound device is instal-led iu operative or -Working position theunder surface of the tongue will rest upon the queen bolt. Y

Still another object is to provide notches in the sides et' the'adjustable hound 1nembers. The notches being designed to rebolt,thusmaking it possiplace the entire adjustal'de tongue over the queenbolt when being inble to hound stalled.

-[Still another object is to provide means for locking the hound membersrto the queen vbolt for preventing accidental or u desired removal ofthe hound device from the queen bolt.

lilith these and other objects in View7 rmy invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of mydevice, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinaftermore fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which: Y

Figure 1 shows a top plan view of an adustable hound embodying myinvention, in-

` stalled on a tongue, one of the positions of the hound members beingshown in dotted lines. v

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figure 3 is a sectional viewtaken on the line 3 3 of Figure l.

Specification of Letters Patent.

vatented Jan. 24, 1922. Serial No. 434,601.

Figure 4 is a sectional viev taken on the line -1`4L of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a plan elevation or' one of the rear links; and

Figure 6 is a view of the underside of one of the clamping members.

In the accompanying drawings l have us the reference numeral 10 toindicate geni orally a. Wagon tongue or the like the Ward end of .vhichis of ordinary construction as now generally used. l

Near the rear end of the tongue 10 am. on the underside thereoi1 isprovided a beveled portion 117 which makes i ot the tongue at 12 oflesser thickness than the remainder of the tongue substantially asillustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings. l

Adjustable hound members 13 are spaced on the opposite sides of thethicker portions of the tongue 10, The hound niembers are preferablymade ot' angle iron steel. i

In order to connect the hound members to the tongue I have providedclamping devices A. which are composed oi the upper and lov.7 r plates1.4 and 15.

rThe plates l5 have their upper corrugated as at 1G. and are 2 with ings14e@ which engage the th tongue so that when they are el ipod to thetongue they `will 4grip and prevent longitudinal movement.

Each of the plates 1e and 15 are provided fivith openings 17 near theirends through which is extended bolts 18. Pairs of links 19 and 2Oconnect the clamping devices to the forward and rear ends oit the houndmembers 13. Y

The links 19 and 2O are provided with vopenings 21 in'whioh is receivedthe loY-.ver

end of the Vbolts 1Q. The opposite ends of the links 19 and 20 areprovided With openings 22. The openings 22 are designed to register withopenings in the hound members 13 so that a rivet 23 may be extendedthrough the hound members and the links 19 and 20 for holding themtogether. The rivet permitting pivotal movement of the parts relative toeach other.

Each of the links 19 and 20 are provided with an inclined portionbetween their ends the rear end l Y 'for holding the links 19and- 20between the?V f same amount of strength as would be Yhad substantiallyasis shown in Figure 1, so that A queenbolt 32 is provided which is eX- 65Y the hound members 13 may be placed slightly above theV lower surfaceof the tongue 10.

' lVhen the links 1 9 and 2O are installed lon the bolts 18 then a plate2e of substantially-the same outline as the plates 1&1y and 15 areprovided with openings, isplaced on the bolts18.

Nuts 25 are thenscrewed on to the vbolt plates 15 and 211, and forlocking the clamping devices against movement on theporjtion 12 of thetonguel0.

The plate 211 when in lpositionprevents any pivotal or swinging movementof the links 20. rEhe links any movement.

It will. be understood that the placing of the plate 24 below the plate15 so as to .receive'the inner ends. of the links'20 therebetween, thatl have avoided any possible bending ot the bolts 18 which mightotherwise be caused if thelinks 20,.,were merely bolted to the bolts 18'and not received beare irmly held .against tween'the plate 24 andtheplate 15, then any downward pressure onthe outer ends comparativelylight material getting the if heavier material were used, and omittingThe links 20 are provided with an extra opening 26 neartlieir ends whichmay re- ,members extended Voutwardly from the tongue, ata Vcomparativelygreat distance. The bolts 18 may either be placed in the openings 21 or.26 of the links 20.

Blocks 27 arespaced on the opposite sides ot the tongue 1Q and are fixedtheretoV by means of the'bolts 28. Each of the blocks 27 areprovidedwith an ear 29 near its reartheir rear ends to the hound members 13 by'means of the rivets 22 which alsoserves to holdithe links 19 to thehound members.

From the constructionl of' the parts just Vdescribed it will be seenthat by sliding the clamping devicesV A longitudinally .on the portion12 of the tongue v10 that the hound Y v lof lesser thickness than themain portionof members willy be.. moved outwardly or inwardly as isdesired, so that the hound meml' bers may bemadeto fit Y,permanentwagonhounds oir'gvarioussizes,

tended into the permanent hound member of the wagon or the like. Thesides of the a adjustable hound-members 13 are each pro- VVl.ii'otches.33 and 35 register with each other and are designed toreceive the :queen bolt rlhe upper edge-'ofthe notches33 and35 are infthe same horizontal plane'as the'lower surface of the portion 12 of thetongue 10, so .that when the queen bolt is placedin the yhave itsrearend rest on the queen bolt 32, as illustrated in Figure A; of thedrawings.

From the construction of lthe parts just bling of anyparts of theadjustable tongue hound. Y A

ln order to lock' Ythe hound members against accidental removal of .thequeen bolt ,I place 4cotter pins or the like 37 through Jthe Vsides ofthe .bearing block 34;.directly below the queen bolt 32. When the cotter,pins 37am in position the tongue hound can not V'be 'removedaccidentally from the queen bolt 32;

The advantages of this construction can readily be seen since it lmakesit possible to installor lremove the tongue hound from the queen boltwithout ldisassembling. any of the parteci'- thehound or removal ofthe'queen bolts.

v Thermaking of the-frearend of thepor- :tion 1210i? lesser thicknessthan the rest of the tongue makesQit possibleV to do away with openingsor the like whichjmust beY `usedin tongues so that queen bolts may beextended through.V f .j

It will also beunderstood that itis desirable to havethe queen bolt comeabout the V'center between the upper and lower sur- `faces of thetongue. This/is usually accomplished by the use of ya slot or hole inthe tongue,v but-With my device-this is eliminated;ryetfthe rear end ofthe tongue has the suicient strength to hold theV clamping devices A. Yfr t f By my constructiom the tongue hound may be installed orlremovedfr'o'm operative positionin a very few minutes, while with theordinary device it requires a considerable length of time.

The makingoiV the rear Vendor` the tongue Vfrom the tongue istransmittedto the hound saV so notches 33 and 35 Athen Vthe tongue 10 will membersat the point where the blocks 27 are fixed to the tongue. At this pointthe tongue has its full strength and thus my construction does not inany way weaken the device.

Some changes may be made in the arrangement and construction of thevarious parts of my device without departing from the essential featuresand purposes of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by myclaims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanicalequivalents, which may be reasonably included wit-hin their scope.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a device of the class described, the combination of a tonguehaving its rear end of lesser thickness than its forward end, a pair ofadjustable hound members spaced from said tongue on opposite sides,clampiiig devices slidably mounted on said tongue, links for connectingsaid clamping devices with said hound members, each of said houndmembers being provided with a notch in its side, the upper edge of saidnotch being in the same horizontal plane as the under surface of saidtongue, whereby the device may be placed over the queen bolt withoutdisassembling any of the parts.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a tonguehaving its rear end of lesser thickness than its forward end, a pair ofadjustable hound members spaced from said tongue on opposite sides,clamping devices slidably mounted on said tongue, links for connectingsaid clamping devices with said` hound members, each of said houndmembers being provided with a notch in its side, a block fixed to houndmembers and provided with a notch which registers with said first notch,the parts being' so arranged that the entire device may be placed over aqueen bolt without disassembling any of the parts7 the queen bolt beingreceived in the notches for thereby holding the device to the queenbolt.

3. In a device of the class described, a tongue having its rear end oflesser thickness than its front end, a queen bolt, hound members spacedon the opposite sides of said tongue, means for fastening said houndmembers to said tongue, said means including clamping devices fixed tothe tongue and connected to said hound members by links, said houndmembers being' provided with a notch in their sides, the upper edge ofsaid notch being in the same horizontal plane as the under surface ofsaid tongue', whereby the queen bolt may be received in said notches andhave the tongue rest upon it, and means for locking said queen bolt insaid notch for holding it against accidental removal.

ln a device of the class described, a tongue having its rear end oflesser thickness than its front end, a queen bolt, hound members spacedon the opposite sides of said tongue, means for fastening said houndmembers to said tongue, said means includ ing clamping devices fixed tothe tongue and connected to said hound members by links, blocks iiXed tosaid tongue forwardly of said hound members, links pivoted to theforward ends of said hound members and to the blocks whereby saidclamping devices may be slid longitudinally on said tongue for movingsaid hound members to various positions, said hound members beingprovided with a notch in their sides, the upper edge of said notch beingin the same horizontal plane as the under surface of said tongue,whereby the queen bolt may be received in said notches and have thetongue rest upon it and means for locking said queen bolt in saidnotches for holding it against accidental removal.

Des Moines, Iowa, December 6, 1920.

FRANK J. DULTMEIER.

